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Unit Title: Immigration TEACHER RESOURCES IMMIGRATION UNIT, Fuccillo, Della Paolera et al.
Prompts for Dialogue Writing Who: Ms. Faris, US Citizenship Office and Charles,
Russian citizen Charles must convince Ms. Faris to grant him US citizenship to collect the large inheritance he got from his American father. Ms. Faris knows, however, that Charles has served time in prison for a political crime; citizenship is not usually granted to criminals.
Who: A man from Liverpool, England and a ship's
captain The man has purchased a fake ticket from a thief using all his savings; the ship's captain refuses to let him on board; the man must get to America to take care of his mother, who has become ill.
Who: Portuguese brothers What's the conflict? The younger brother has just arrrived in America ready to work at his older brother's restaurant so that he can send money home to support his family; when he arrives he learns the restaurant has gone out of business and his brother is unemployed.
Who: A Czech mother and a health official at Ellis
Island This mother's daughter was rejected by the doctor simpy because her eyes were red from crying; the mother needs to convince the official to let her enter the country, as the rest of their family is waiting for them.
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